Russian Ultranationalists

The Russian Ultranationalists were a revolutionary political party that was in existence in Russia from the 1990s to the 2010s, promoting nationalism. The party was founded by Imran Zakhaev, who longed to restore the sense of pride that Russia had felt under the Soviet Union. However, the party was not committed to communist ideals, but rather an ultranationalist form of leftism. Zakhaev claimed that Russia was "prostituting itself" to the West and that its economy and culture had been ruined, and he sought to return Russia to a state of prosperity. The party's extreme wing, led by Vladimir Makarov, used terrorism as a tactic to fight against the Russian government and the West, while the moderate wing under Boris Vorshevsky focused on guerrilla warfare. In 2011, the party seized power in Russia, and the new Russia was led by Vorshevsky and the moderates. The party would then be torn between Makarov's "Inner Circle" faction and the moderate faction, leading to war between the two sides. In 2016, the party's actions led to World War III with NATO and several other countries, and the party would lose power at the end of the war, with Makarov being killed and Vorshevsky agreeing to form a coalition government with members of the past regime.